Nissan GTR 35 future classic?

[CJ Loves Ruf]

.............What are your thoughts on this guys and ladies?

[GravelBen]

Not really, too much of a techno-overload heavyweight IMO. Might possibly achieve same level of 'classicness' as the R33 but it'll never have the direct competition heritage etc of the R32.

Edited by GravelBen on Sunday 8th February 22:46

[CJ Loves Ruf]

GravelBen said:

Not really, too much of a techno-overload heavyweight IMO. Might possibly achieve same level of 'classicness' as the R33 but it'll never have the direct competition heritage etc of the R32.

Edited by GravelBen on Sunday 8th February 22:46

True. But just like the R32 the R35 will have competition as it is being entered into the Tokachi 24hr endurance race and other such motorsport events. As Japanese cars go this is one of the frist that have really caught my eye as a really good looking car and a point and squirt supercar for M3 money. With the V-spec being introduced to the market this will make IMO the standered GTR more appealing and futher more only highlight the cars greatness.

I think that this car could be a future classic if it has some major success in motorsport and if limited cars are bought in the UK meaning they are rarer.

[GravelBen]

CJ Loves Ruf said:

As Japanese cars go this is one of the frist that have really caught my eye as a really good looking car

Your eye is obviously different to mine!

CJ Loves Ruf said:

I think that this car could be a future classic if it has some major success in motorsport and if limited cars are bought in the UK meaning they are rarer.

It hasn't been built with motorsport in mind though IMO, far too heavy for that. Plus I doubt it will ever achieve the notoriety the R32 GTR got by being banned from certain racing classes for being too good.

I'm not in the UK so number sold there won't really affect my opinon of its classic status.

Edited by GravelBen on Monday 9th February 22:41

[deviant]

Would the race cars even be anything remotely like the road cars? Or will they just be similar in shape and name only and missing the electronics and clever transmission of the road car?

I think the reason the R32 achieved its cult classic status is because the race cars were built off of the road cars so looked and sounded the same and at the time if you had a big wallet you could modify your road car to similar power levels easily.

[ShadownINja]

Yep, the R32 GTR achieved the status because it beat all the competition in a non-Jap event several times until it got banned. All subsequent models of Skyline had been entered in Japanese GT races so why the R35 GTR should achieve classic status above them is not that clear. The R33 GTR might have a cult status because the Playstation generation then grew up and bought the real deal. It appeared to be the car to have on the original Gran Turismo which arguably re-defined console race games.

Edited by ShadownINja on Tuesday 10th February 10:30